I imagine anyone capable of being reached by anti-rape arguments is not a psychopath; I also imagine that only psychopaths actually rape.
Yeah, exactly. So these efforts are wasted on me, since after all, I’m not a psychopath. Why, if I could push a button that would KILL all the psychopaths, I’d do it!
I finally read the linked scenario. It’s fun, but I’m not sure what to take from it.
It’s scary to imagine people really believing in overarching arbitrary rules that a sane person would only consider in hypothetical philosophy play. I guess some religions encourage it, but thankfully they usually come with enough hypocrisy or compartmentalization to avoid the fearful consequence.
Heh, I was just trying to be funny, not even really trying to relate to your post.
Personally, I just think the very idea of the psychopath button scenario is funny: “Yes, I’d love to be responsible for the death of all mass-murderers … no, wait, that makes me a …”
There is certainly a degree of irony. But pushing that button out of moral concerns proves that you are not a psychopath, irrespective of whether it is an immoral act.
Yeah, exactly. So these efforts are wasted on me, since after all, I’m not a psychopath. Why, if I could push a button that would KILL all the psychopaths, I’d do it!
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I finally read the linked scenario. It’s fun, but I’m not sure what to take from it.
It’s scary to imagine people really believing in overarching arbitrary rules that a sane person would only consider in hypothetical philosophy play. I guess some religions encourage it, but thankfully they usually come with enough hypocrisy or compartmentalization to avoid the fearful consequence.
Heh, I was just trying to be funny, not even really trying to relate to your post.
Personally, I just think the very idea of the psychopath button scenario is funny: “Yes, I’d love to be responsible for the death of all mass-murderers … no, wait, that makes me a …”
There is certainly a degree of irony. But pushing that button out of moral concerns proves that you are not a psychopath, irrespective of whether it is an immoral act.